Veteran wide receiver Jauan Jennings has agreed to a one-year free-agent deal with the Minnesota Vikings worth up to $13 million, league sources confirmed Thursday. The signing was first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Jennings, who turns 29 in July, ranked No. 21 among The Athletic’s top 150 free agents this offseason and fourth among receivers.
A seventh-round pick in 2020 out of Tennessee, Jennings has spent all of his NFL tenure with the San Francisco 49ers, developing a reputation as one of the league’s best blocking receivers.
He caught a career-high nine touchdowns last season while finishing with 55 catches and 643 yards. He had a career-best 77 catches for 975 yards in 2024, when a Week 18 ejection cost him a shot at his first NFL 1,000-yard receiving season.
Jennings was among the 49ers’ stars in their Super Bowl 58 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs after the 2023 season, when he both caught and threw a touchdown pass. He signed a two-year contract extension that offseason and then, following his breakout 2024 campaign, agreed to an adjusted contract ahead of the 2025 season following a trade request.
Jennings didn’t have quite the same impact in 2025. While playing in 15 games, he failed to top 100 yards receiving in any of them, though he had a five-game stretch from Weeks 12 through 17 in which the 49ers won five straight and he had a touchdown in every game. His seven red zone touchdowns in 2025 were tied for third most in the league.
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